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I'm interested in Malina, I'll check it out

 

Yo, I think this Nightwish clone slipped under your radar. Anette Olzon and Jani (ex-Sonata Arctica).

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKd6GfzpvdY

 

I love Nightwish...I love Sonata Arctica...but The Dark Element was very meh to me.

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I couldn't think of 10, but in no particular order:

 

Steve Hackett - The Night Siren

Steve Wilson - To The Bone

Robin Trower - Time and Emotion

David Gilmour - Live at Pompeii

Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (40th Anniversary set) ....especially for the live dvd

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Assuming these would be new and not reissues released in 2017. (Because that would mean Marillion's Misplaced Childhood Deluxe Reissue is Number 1 this year.)

 

In no order:

 

Gizmodrome -- Gizmodrome

 

Roger Waters -- Is This The Life We Really Want?

 

Robert Plant -- Carry Fire

 

Marillion -- Living In Fear EP

 

John Zorn -- Garden Of Earthly Delights

 

Marco Minnemann -- Borrego

 

Living Colour -- Shade

 

Scale The Summit -- In A World Of Fear

 

Primus -- The Desaturating Seven

 

Mogwai -- Every Country's Sun

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I only bought 3 albums this year. Two were from Iron Maiden and the other one was Taylor Swift's new album.

It's too bad Lorraine left the forum. When I was lying half dead in the hospital, she was the only one who seemed to care.

She's the only one who ever notices when I'm gone.

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I only bought 3 albums this year. Two were from Iron Maiden and the other one was Taylor Swift's new album.

It's too bad Lorraine left the forum. When I was lying half dead in the hospital, she was the only one who seemed to care.

She's the only one who ever notices when I'm gone.

Has she left?

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I only bought 3 albums this year. Two were from Iron Maiden and the other one was Taylor Swift's new album.

It's too bad Lorraine left the forum. When I was lying half dead in the hospital, she was the only one who seemed to care.

She's the only one who ever notices when I'm gone.

Has she left?

According to this

http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?/topic/93589-the-onoff-thread/page__st__600&do=findComment&comment=4468144

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I only bought 3 albums this year. Two were from Iron Maiden and the other one was Taylor Swift's new album.

It's too bad Lorraine left the forum. When I was lying half dead in the hospital, she was the only one who seemed to care.

She's the only one who ever notices when I'm gone.

Has she left?

According to this

http://www.therushfo...00#entry4468144

Hmmmmm...

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For the first time since I've begun making year end lists of the year's best music, there won't be a proper top ten AOTY list for me this time. Why? I certainly listened to enough albums in 2017 to make a top ten and while I certainly could have made it work, ultimately I just couldn't do it for reasons that TRF doesn't need to know about.

 

I can tell you what my two favorite albums of this year were though. Incidentally, both release come from the same label, The Flenser.

 

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The first album is Below The House (Planning For Burial) and the second album is Madonnawhore (Toby Driver). The former being my AOTY and the latter being runner-up. I'll keep it short and straight to the point. For better or for worse, these two resonated with me the most on a all levels and we'll leave it at that. Here's a song from each if you want to sample either of the two.

 

But other than those Like Mr. Not, I'll just share some songs (in this case ten additional songs) I really liked this year:

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Let's do this differently, let's look ahead.

 

These are the albums I'm looking at for next year. Remember these for next years list...

 

Ghost – Ceremony and Devotion (January 19)

Loudness – Rise To Glory (January 26)

Saxon – Thunderbolt (February 2)

Judas Priest – Firepower (March 2018)

Stryper – new (April)

Whitesnake – Flesh & Blood

Last in Line – New

Ghost – New

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I only purchased 3 albums this year.

 

Foo Fighters - Concrete And Gold

 

Steven Wilson - To The Bone

 

Sons Of Apollo - Psychotic Symphony

 

I love all 3 of them.

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Jade Jackson – Gilded

Protomartyr – Relatives in Descent

Discipline – Captives of the Wine Dark Sea

Wire – Silver/Lead

Robert Plant – Carry Fire

Downes Braide Association – Skyscraper Souls

Mastodon – Emperor of Sand

The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding

Grizzly Bear – Painted Ruins

Styx – The Mission

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The Dark Element was very meh to me.

 

Yeah. I haven't even been able to make it all the way through the album it's so underwhelming :(

 

My favourites this year have been:

 

Cellar Darling - This Is The Sound (my number 1 by a country mile)

 

Epica - The Solace System

Mastodon - Emperor of Sand

Leprous - Malina

Steven Wilson - To The Bone

Enslaved - E

Eluveitie - Evocation II: Pantheon

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Anathema - The Optimist

 

Steven Wilson - To The Bone

 

King Crimson - Live in Chicago

 

Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood (Reissue)

 

Roger Waters - Is this the Life We Want?

 

Queens of the Stone Age - Villains

 

Discs/Bands I need to make time to check out: Bent Knee, Sons of Apollo, Foo Fighters new one, Primus' new one, Living Colour's new one

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Anathema - The Optimist

 

Steven Wilson - To The Bone

 

King Crimson - Live in Chicago

 

Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood (Reissue)

 

Roger Waters - Is this the Life We Want?

 

Queens of the Stone Age - Villains

 

Discs/Bands I need to make time to check out: Bent Knee, Sons of Apollo, Foo Fighters new one, Primus' new one, Living Colour's new one

 

If you haven't the time to listen to the new Foos album in its entirety, I suggest listening to Run, Dirty Water, or The Line for starters. Fantastic album.

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I really enoyed the new Foos album. It only missed out on my top ten due to the abundance of riches I gained this year musically.

 

One of the worst years of my life, but at least the soundtrack was nice.

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Jade Jackson – Gilded

Protomartyr – Relatives in Descent

Discipline – Captives of the Wine Dark Sea

Wire – Silver/Lead

Robert Plant – Carry Fire

Downes Braide Association – Skyscraper Souls

Mastodon – Emperor of Sand

The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding

Grizzly Bear – Painted Ruins

Styx – The Mission

 

Hell yes. A few of these will make my 10.

Carry Fire is amazing.

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Styx - The Mission

Discipline - Captives Of The Wine Dark Sea

Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway

Motorpsycho - The Tower

The National - Sleep Well Beast

Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up

Mew - Visuals

Afghan Whigs - In Spades

Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Adios Senor Pussycat (ReRushed, if you haven't heard this, hear it)

Steven Wilson - To The Bone

 

 

Other ones I've loved this year:

Von Hertzen Brothers - War Is Over

Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want

Robert Plant - Carry Fire

Protomartyr - Relatives In Descent

Elder - Reflections of a Broken World

Arcane Roots - Melancholia Hymns

Lunatic Soul - Fractured

Cheap Trick - We're All Alright

Bob Dylan - Triplicate

Eloy - The Vision, The Sword & the Pyre

Gizmodrome - s/t

Wobbler - From Silence To Somewhere

Anathema - The Optimist

Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle

Arbouretum - Song of The Rose

White Willow - Future Hopes

Deep Purple - Infinite

Tim Bowness - Songs From The Ghost Light

Gungfly - On Her Journey to The Sun

QOTSA - Villains

Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar

Peter Hammill - To The Trees

Daniel Cavanagh - Monochrome

Endless Boogie - Vibe Killer

 

Great year for new music.

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Guided By Voices- August By Cake

Chris Robinson Brotherhood- Barefoot in the Head

Laura Marling- Semper Femina

 

 

 

 

Ummmm... :huh:

 

Maybe I’m just having some short-term memory loss. But I think this year was pretty underwhelming.

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Guided By Voices- August By Cake

Chris Robinson Brotherhood- Barefoot in the Head

Laura Marling- Semper Femina

 

 

 

 

Ummmm... :huh:

 

Maybe I’m just having some short-term memory loss. But I think this year was pretty underwhelming.

 

i just really couldn't be bothered this year, lol

 

i think of it as just taking the year off.

 

apparently i missed a good year but.......oh well, lol

 

Mick

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Guided By Voices- August By Cake

Chris Robinson Brotherhood- Barefoot in the Head

Laura Marling- Semper Femina

 

 

 

 

Ummmm... :huh:

 

Maybe I’m just having some short-term memory loss. But I think this year was pretty underwhelming.

 

i just really couldn't be bothered this year, lol

 

i think of it as just taking the year off.

 

apparently i missed a good year but.......oh well, lol

 

Mick

 

For personal reasons I long for 2017 to be over. None of this music made 2017 a good year. It just helped me get through it.

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I've never listened to more new music in one year than I did in 2017. :hail:

 

My Top 11:

 

Voyager - Ghost Mile

Steven Wilson - To The Bone

The Doomsday Kingdom - s/t

The Mute Gods - Tardigrades Will Inherit The Earth

Bask - Ramble Beyond

Anathema - The Optimist

Styx - The Mission

Europe - Walk The Earth

Von Hertzen Brothers - War Is Over

Steve Hackett - The Night Siren

Björn Riis - Forever Comes To An End

 

12 more fantastic releases that I really enjoy...

 

Comedy Of Errors - House Of The Mind

Monarch Trail - Sand

Horisont - About Time

Schooltree - Heterotopia

Discipline - Captives Of The Wine Dark Sea

It - We're All In This Together

Threshold - Legends Of The Shires

Soen - Lykaia

Amplifier - Trippin' With Dr. Faustus

Mouth - Vortex

Samsara Blues Experiment - One With The Universe

Satan's Hallow - s/t

 

last but not least, some veterans...

 

UFO - The Salentino Cuts

Deep Purple - Infinite

Neil Young - Hitchhiker

Mike Oldfield - Return To Ommadawn

Accept - The Rise Of Chaos

Eloy - The Vision, The Sword And The Pyre, Pt. I

Sparks - Hippopotamus

Cheap Trick - We're All Alright

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood

Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood

Judas Priest - Firepower (16 sec. clip) :smoke:

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